Ecclesiastes 7:6

Translations

Modern

For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

Traditional

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Literal

For like the sound of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool; and also this is vapor.

Latin

…quia sicut sonitus spinarum ardentium sub olla, sic risus stulti. Sed et hoc vanitas.

Original

Hebrew

English

For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

Notes

Ecclesiastes 7:5–6

Praise from a fool and enjoying a fool’s laughter are temporary and worthless. Criticism from a wise person can lead to real benefits (Proverbs 17:10).

Ecclesiastes 7:2–6

It is unwise to engage in carefree fun when wisdom calls for serious reflection on death (see also Ecclesiastes 2:12–13).

Ecclesiastes 6:10–7:22

God's control over everything is serious, but it gives us hope.

Theme notes and profiles

Wisdom

Related verses

Psalm 58:9
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
Psalm 118:12
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
Luke 6:25
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
Jude 1:12–13
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
Isaiah 65:13–15
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
Amos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
2 Peter 2:13–17
The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

Glossary

Book of Ecclesiastes

Topics

Happiness of the Wicked is Vain Joy of the Wicked Joy of the Wicked is Short-Lived The Happiness of the Wicked is Vain Thorn used for Fuel

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